Monthly Archives: May 2014

Cover Friday: “Love Hurts”

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Love and a .45
Love and a .45

“Love Hurts”
by Kim Deal and Robert Pollard (originally by The Everly Brothers)
from the album Love and a .45
1994
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I feel grossly uninformed, but until a week or two ago, I didn’t know anything about this song. It’s another one I randomly came across at some point and downloaded strictly because of Kim Deal (I never got into GBV). I was actually going to post it at the end of last month for #AprilDuets, but then when I started looking into it, i realized how much history the song had.

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Cover Friday: “Head On”

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Trompe Le Monde
Trompe Le Monde

“Head On”
by the Pixies (originally by The Jesus and Mary Chain)
from the album Trompe Le Monde
1991 4AD
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Confession time: I got into the Pixies really late in the game.  I was familiar with them from watching 120 Minutes but for some reason nothing really stuck with me at the time.  I now consider them one of my all-time favorite bands, but I can’t cop to being there at the beginning like most of my other friends.  Why did I take so long for me to catch on? I’m not sure, but when it did, it stuck.  Hard.

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Karaoke Tuesday: “Hey Jealousy”

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New Miserable Experience
New Miserable Experience

“Hey Jealousy”
by Gin Blossoms
from the album New Miserable Experience
1992
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I wasn’t too sure what to post this week. Nothing was really calling out to me, but was just looking at my karaoke playlist and this jumped out. Probably because it’s so much of the same time as Lance’s pick. I never really got into the Gin Blossoms. I think I had this album at one point but got rid of it, but man, this song is great.

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Karaoke Tuesday: “Kill Your Television”

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God Fodder
God Fodder

“Kill Your Television”
by Ned’s Atomic Dustbin
from the album God Fodder
1991
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I had fully intended on picking a song I regularly sing at karaoke because I’m trying to make it a week without being whiney.  I didn’t wanna get sucked into the black hole that is “Man, I wish they had ____.”  But fuck man, I wish karaoke joints had some Ned’s Atomic Dustbin jams.

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Cover Friday: “Duck Tales”

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Duck Tales
Duck Tales

“Duck Tales” Theme Song
by Scott Bradlee’s Saturday Morning Slow Jams
from the album Scott Bradlee’s Saturday Morning Slow Jams
2013
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It’s entirely a coincidence that Lance and I are both posting cartoon covers today. Sometimes we’re eerily in sync, and I highly doubt there will be a recurrence of this type of cover. I wasn’t even going to save this for #CoverFriday and was going to post it when it first made the rounds a few days ago, but was lazy.

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Cover Friday: “Fat Albert Theme Song”

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Saturday Morning Cartoons
Saturday Morning Cartoons

“Fat Albert” Theme Song
by Dig (originally by Fat Albert)
from the album Saturday Morning Cartoons’ Greatest Hits
1995
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Dig had an alterna hit of some kind in the 90s but hell if I can remember what it was.  And I pretty much only watched Fat Albert when I stumbled across it.  So you wouldn’t think there would be much to draw me towards this cover by a mediocre band of a mediocre cartoon theme song but there’s something about this track that just kind rocks.

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May Summer Songs: “Summerland”

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Sparkle and Fade
Sparkle and Fade

“Summerland”
by Everclear
from the album Sparkle and Fade
1995
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I’m not sure how I feel about Lance’s theme for the month, but that’s mostly because it’s been cold and miserable here the past few days, which made it feel like the awful winter is truly never going to leave. Hopefully throughout this month I can get into the right summer song mindset. Regardless, onward.

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May Summer Songs: “Summertime Rolls”

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Nothing's Shocking
Nothing’s Shocking

“Summertime Rolls”
by Jane’s Addiction
from the album Nothing’s Shocking
1988 Warner Bros.
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Chris gave me the honor of picking this month’s theme on MNP and it couldn’t have come at a worse time.  I’m in NYC on business, I’m way behind on work for my second job, I missed a good party in Austin this week and my shoes are still soaked from a freakish monsoon that hit NYC yesterday.  But this morning the clouds parted and Manhattan was just gorgeous, bathed in sunlight and warm.  I was mulling over  the theme when I had lunch with an old friend who always reminds me of Jane’s addiction. “Summertime Rolls” came to mind and in my mind that’s a perfect summer song.

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